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Spansion Inks Distribution Deal with Excelpoint
Deal will broaden the company’s exposure in East Asian markets.
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TSMC Upgrades Q1 Guidance
Strong start to the year, based on demand for 28nm CMOS, forces TSMC to raise its guidance on 1Q14 sales.
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MagnaChip Admits to Mis-stating Revenues for Years
It is not yet clear how serious or significant infractions will prove to be. MagnaChip says an internal investigation continues.
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Samsung Starts Making DRAM at 20nm
There's life in the DRAM dog yet.
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Semiconductor Equipment Sales Decreased 14 percent in 2013
Sales of semiconductor processing equipment by North American vendors sales dropped 36 percent year over year, according to SEMI.
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World's Thinnest LED Is Three Atoms Thick
Tungsten diselenide LEDs could be used as part of energy-efficient on-chip data transmission, according to University of Washington researchers.
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Bosch Claims Top Spot in MEMS Sales
Bosch became the first vendor to sell more than $1 billion worth of MEMS sensors and actuators in a year as the company broke a virtual dead heat with STMicroelectronics to assume the No. 1 position among MEMS vendors.
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Digi International Expands Distribution Agreement with Arrow
Expanded agreement to result in machine-to-machine solutions being available outside North America for the first time.
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PCB Shipments, Orders Decline
Seasonal slowdown attributed in part to severe weather throughout much of the U.S.
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Foundry Market's Strong Sales Continue
Foundry manufacturers TSMC and UMC have enjoyed a strong start to 2014 with year-to-February sales up more than 10 percent on the same period in 2013.
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Rochester to Sell NXP EOL Parts; RS Components Stocks New Capacitors
Distributor to act as authorized source for NXP's mature and discontinued products.
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Samsung Foundry Adds RF to 28-nm CMOS
Samsung is trying to get ahead of the Internet of Things and wearables wave by adding RF capabilities to its 28-nm manufacturing processes for foundry customers.
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Semiconductor Equipment Spending Expected to Grow 20-30%
Semiconductor suppliers will increase fab equipment spending 20 to 30 percent in 2014, according to a new report by trade association SEMI.
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Manufacturing Grows Slightly Despite Weather Woes
The U.S. manufacturing sector expanded in February for the ninth consecutive month, according to the latest Institute for Supply Management Report on Business.
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Marvell Includes LTE in 64-bit Apps Processor
Marvell has a quad-core 64-bit application processor with built-in LTE and Vivante graphics but it comes just at the same time that Qualcomm has Snapdragon eight- and quad core apps processors with 4K graphics support.
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MWC: Faster Data Speeds Fuel the Connected Car
The dawn of 4G LTE networks has given the world's oldest mobile device, the car, a boon up and down the automotive supply chain.
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Report: Toshiba Eyes Imprint Litho for 15-nm Flash
Toshiba is preparing to work with Canon on imprint lithography for its 15nm generation of NAND flash according to a Japanese report.
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Startup Describes Proprietary Non-Volatile Memory Technology
California-based non-volatile memory startup with Australian roots and a new CEO has described its technology and similarities to a resistive RAM in development at Symetrix Corp. in Colorado.
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VxWorks RTOS Gets Revamped for IoT
Wind River has upgraded its VxWorks real-time operating system to version 7 offering fine-grained scalability and "big-little" support in pursuit of Internet of Things design wins.
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STT-MRAM Will Hit Volume in 2014, Says Everspin
Everspin has said that after being first to sample STT-MRAM in 2012 it expects to hit volume production in the second half of 2014. Typical applications are front-end buffers for solid-state drives.
